We have quite a full week ahead of us. Today will be pretty normal, with just swimming lessons to get Lorena and the kids out of the house, but tomorrow, they are all going to go to a see a performance of “Puss ‘N’ boots at Linn Benton Community College with a bunch of other homeschoolers. After that, Lorena is going to drive up to Sherwood to go to her doctor for an appointment. We were not really very happy with any of the doctors around here that were possible to get in to see, she decided to get an appointment with her old doctor from back there. On Wednesday, the kids have swimming lessons again, after which Lorena has a dentist appointment. On Thursday, there are piano lessons. I hope we all survive!
I read a big article on how the business environment in the United States has changed with the “new capitalism” of China. Change is good, but it can be very disruptive. It has gotten me to think about my own longevity in my current career. As a programmer for automation systems of the type that manufacture many of the items that are moving to China, I might not be able to finish my career doing what I am doing now. I really need to be thinking more about what I can do if this work is not available to me anymore. I would really like to keep working for about twenty more years. Maybe, I will not be working full time for the last five to eight of those years, but I would like to keep going at least that long. It is something about which I might need to consider sooner than I think and sooner than is comfortable.
